Card-holder.



. PATENTED JUNB25, 1907-" (:rl T. H. WILLING.

vHARD HOLDER.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 27. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT! OFFICE.

GEORGE T. H. WILLING, OF DAMES QUARTER, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO. S. J. WINDSOR, OF DAMES QUARTER, MARYLAND.

CARD-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

Application fil'ed June 2'7, 1906. Serial No. 328,613.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. H. WILL- ING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dames Quarter, in the county of Somerset, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to holders and more particularly to card holders and has for its object to provide a device which will be very simple and cheap and which may be quickly applied to a box or other article in position to hold a card thereupon.

Another object is to provide a holder of this kind so arranged as to facilitate its operation to release a card therefrom.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, and it is to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

In the drawings forming a portion \of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts, in the several views, Figure 1 is an elevation. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view partly in section. Fig. 3 is a vertical section.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises a clip formed of a piece of stifi wire and including end portions 5 and 6 extending at right angles to a front portion 7 and lying in parallel relation. The rearward ends of the end portions are turned inwardly toward each other, as shown at 8, and then outwardly away from the front portion, as shown at 9. A pair of fasteners 10 including sharpened shanks having eyes 11 at the ends opposite to their points, are engaged with the portions 8 of the clip, and the portions 9 are flattened after the eyes are passed thereover to tprevent disengagement of the fasteners there rom.

In applying the clip to abox or other article, the fasteners are driven thereinto and are suitably clenched, as shown, to prevent withdrawal, the portions 8 lying in the eye of the fasteners and the rearwardly turned portions 9, as well as the end portions 5, resting against the box. the clip is bowed upwardly away from the surface, against which the end portions 5 rest andout of the plane of these end portions, to permit of engagement of the fingers between this portion 7 and the surface of the box, to move the clip away from the latter, when a card A may be engaged between the end portion 5 and the box. It will be understood that when the clip is thus moved, torsional stress is placed upon the portions 8 of the cli so that the latter exert a tendency to hold t e end portion 5 with the cord in position.

It Will be readily seen that the above described holder may be quickly and easily attached, and may be produced at a very low figure.

What is claimed is:

A clip' comprising end members occupying a common plane, and a front member bowed out of the plane of the end members and having their rearward end portions turned inwardly toward each other and then outwardly away from the front member, and fasteners including eyes in which the inwardly turned portions of the end members are revolubly engaged, the rearwardly turned portions being flattened to prevent disengagement of the fasteners therefrom.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE T. H. WILLING.

Witnesses:

A. S. HALL, A. J. KELLY.

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